Furnace-charging apparatus



1,331,703. Patented Feb. 24,1920.

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J. W. FRAZIER.

FURNACE-CHARGING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. l2, |913.

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J. W. FRAZIER.

FURNACE GHARGING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. I2. 1913.

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JAMES w; rnazrnaror CLEvnAND, omo;

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y Spec'cation-of Letters Patent. Patented 1920;

.application sie@ august 12,1913. 'seriariml 7a4-,407. A

To all 'whom t mag/concern:

y `Re it known that l.; JAMiis `W. FRZER, a citizen. of the llfnited States, residing4 at Cleveland; inl the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and? useful` l-niprovcinent in Furnace-Charging Apparatus; of which. the following is a full; clear, andexact description, reference being had to the laccoinpanyingn drawings. This invention relates to apparatus 'for charging blast furnaces and .has for itsgenera-l vobjects the provision dof an lapparatus of this character `which may be app-lied to existing furnace installations without` the necessity of altering the same ;`v wherein the apparatus may be so applied and vutilized without producing a lateralthrust'against the furnace top and without increasing. the head room required `above the furnace top; theprovision Vof anl apparatus .whichl is eX- treinely convenient in` .operation and one wherein the return of the trolley from. its

position on a substantially horizontal track above .the furnace to a. sharplyl inclined track may befconvenien'tly andy automati-l cally accomplished; the` provision of'an eX- tremely simple and effective forniy of mecha nisin for selectively .rotating the bucket during each; excursion or .trip of theysanie to insure anequal distribution ofthe differentsized particles of they material within the charging hopper at the. top of the furnace; also toV img )rove the' construction ofthe trolley whereby Vit cooperates with ,the other elements ofthe bucket-hoisting and rotating means and with. the counterbalancing means. p

7ith the' foregoing obj ectsin yielw'the invention may be* describedV further andi.,more generally as consisting. of thewcombinations of elements embodied in the claims hereto annexed and illustrated in the drawings forming a part hereof, wherein Figu1e 1 represents a. `side' elevation of aV furnace.- charging apparat-usl constructed in` accor-dance with my invention; showing the lsame applied to a conventionalform cit-furnace;

detail7` partly in` section and partly in elevation; offthe upper 4end of the furnace., and the upper end of the bridge; showing thev trolley and bucket in operative relation to thefurnace; Fig.. 3

represents a top plan View; 4f a4v side 1 elevation; and

Fig. 5 atransverse sectional view through the trolley; Fig. 6 is a sec-v tional. detailof the .trolley showing the manner in which the bucket shaft is rotatably upper-aa; fir-1g. v. a. .dei-,31.1" of "the vSwivel bearing for the bucket shaft; Fig. Sis a central longitudinal' section. view l .taken through the trolley and the cooperating bucket-rotating mechanism; Fig. 9 a gplan view of the. mechanismy shown. in Fig.. 8;;

'Figa 10a detailiny side elevation of vsaid mechanism; Fig. 11 a detail inperspective of the disk which control-sv the rotation of the bucket shaft; Fig. 12. a view,.rpa1rtly in section and partly in elevation,l of Athen-piper end of the furnace, showing the manner in `which the bridge is lmounted thereon. and the connections for raisingl @and lowering the .furnace fissure;l Fig. 13 an elevationof the hook by which the counterweight Avautomatically vapplied-tothe trolley toreturn the sainer to the inclinedI part of the track; anrlj Fig. 14 a diagrammatic view in .perspective illustrating the. mechanism` for hoisting. ,the trolley and for `:raisilagyand lowering the bucket." .v

Describing reference` clta.1a,cters;l the various-parts illustrated herein; 1 .denotes an inclined bridge extending from any com venientloading station 2 to the ytop cfa fue nace 3.of usual construction. lnwtheidrawing, the furnaceis shown `as provided.. with a loading kplatform 4, such as is commonly used withwthese furnaces' andato whichemy inyentionis adapted to be'` appliedy without the necessity for .an-y material alteration: `in or addition to the saine. 4 v Y p The, furnace is provided with the usual charging hopper 5. intoA which the material from the charging: device is dumped and. in x'vhich it isretained `temperari-ly until. .such time as itis desirable :to cliairgeythe furnace'. Thehopper isprovided. with-.the usuallconical closureorbell' (5 supported by a link 7 fromv tlie'iniddle of an equalizer bar fifa. thelendsof carries at its; opposite ends a countcrweight 9. y (See Q and 12...) Thefcounterweighted endsof .these/levers are connected by a cross bar 10` to which there is attached' a piston rod 1'1, connected withapistonrod (not shown) in a cylinderl 12,.,said cylinder being supplied with fluid under pressure for the purpose of operatingsai'd piston.7L .The furnace-and the various part-s .thereof thus described are of ordinary or conventional construction and needl no further. descrip.- .tioIL TheL upper end. of the bridge is .supported 2 v i l 1,331,703

' Kframe as shown Vat 16, the bridge construcy tion being indicated generally at 1. By this Vmanner of suspension, it will be app-arent that the upper end of the bridge is not only yieldingly supported by the pl-atform where- `bythe furnace topis relievedfrom any lateral thrust due to the vexpansion and contraction of the bridge, but that the only thrust upon the furnace is a vertical thrust, so that the furnace is relieved from any 'lateral thrust which might tend to destroy or injurethe same, and particularly the upper part thereof.

The bridge is built of structural metal and is of ordinary truss construction having its lower end supported on a pier 17. The ,bridge supports the track rails 18, which .extend upwardly from the lower end thereof at the angle Vof inclination of the bridge itself to a point a short distance above the platform 4, where they are extended' nearly horizontally, as,shown at 18,'above such platform to a point above the furnace. On each side lof the upper vends of the sharply inclined portions of the rails 18 there is located a rail 19 which extends upwardly at the same incli-nationA as the inclined rails 18 to a point considerably above the horizontally extending portions of the rails 18, at which point it is also deflected in a direction substantially parallel with the upper or deflected portions 18a of the rails 18, as shown at 19a. The purpose of this oonstruction, as will appear more fully hereinafter, is to retain the trolley at dumping position in the same inclined position which it occupies while ascendin the bridge and to permit this laction in conjunction with the projectimg platform with which such furnaces are usually provided without requiring any more head room above the furnace than would be necessary were the platform omitted or were it of greatly less lateral extent.v The extreme ends of the rail sections 18a and 19a are bent upwardly, as shown at 18b and 19b to form stops for the wheels 0f the trolley.

With the bridge'and track thus described, I employ a carrier for the chargin device or bucket, said carrier being a trol ey possessing certain characteristics which enable lit to cooperate with the partsy before described -and with the hoisting and lowering mechanism and the bucket-supporting and rotating mechanism to be described hereinafter.

double side frames 20, preferably construct- The trolley is constructed generally Y edlof channel-members .spaced apart `andi havingtheir flanges facing each other, as'

show n more particularly in Fig. 5, these side frames being connected by end sills 21.V Carried by these side frames are the kbearings for the front and rear axles, 22 and'22a Vrespectively. The front axle 22 is provided with two sets of wheels, the inner wheels V23 beingarranged to coperate` with the rails These side members are provided each with i' a vertical slot for thel cross head 33 on the outer ends of which are supported sheaves '34, Vone .on each side of the trolley frame and beneath the sheaves 31. Vertical slots in the members 32 arel indicated at 35. The bottom of each slot may be closed in any convenient manner, as byV means of ablock 36 fitted in the lower end of each slot and having pro- `Jecting tenons engaging mortises in the side member 32 and secured in place by means of abolt 38 extending through the block and Y the bottom of the' side member.

' The central portion of the transverse plate 27 is provided with a sleeve 39 'andwithin Vthis sleeve there is rotatably mounted a sleeve 40 which projects above and belowthe Vplate andis provided with a flange 41 by which it rests upon the top ofthe sleeve 39.

The lower end of the sleeve 40 is extended below the sleeve 39 and isthere provided with' a nut 42, while the upper end is providedwith a pinion 43, ri id therewith, for

a plurpose to be explained ereinafter.

hebucket shaft 44 is reciprocably mounted within thefsleeve 40 and is keyed thereto,

so as Vto rotate therewith. This shaft is. ro-y tatablyV supported by the cross head. 33 (see Figs. 6 and 7).l

The cross head 33 is provided with a recess 45'which contains a swiveled bearing 46 provided with trunnions 47 whereby it is pivotally supported in the recess by the cross head. The rodL V44 is provided with a complementary bearing plate 44avwhich is pref-y erably formed integral with the rod and ball. races48 are provided for the reception of theballs 49. The cross head 33 bears againstv the upper ends of the slots 35 except during the time when the contents of the bucket or charging device suspendedV therefrom are 1 discharged into the furnace.

Cooperating indirectly with the fpinion 43V (see Figs. 4 5-8-9) is a rack'O which end Vof the same.

nseag'ros is guided by the trolley frame and projects forwardly'beyond the same. This rack, as will be explained hereinafter; cooperates with Vmechanism for selectively rotating the shaft' f4 and the bucket or furnace-charging device suspended therefrom to discharge the heavier particles of-ore or-other material to different segments of the furnace hopper. For the purpose of restoring the rack and the bucket shaft to their initial positions after 4such operation, the following mechanism, carried 'by the trolley, -is employed. The pinion 43 `meshes with a gear 51, mounted on a shaft 52 suitably supported by the trolley, asby means of a lbearing 53 carried in the bracket 54C. `A pinion 55 mounted on the same shaft with the gear 51 meshes with the rack 50. From this constructiomit will b-e apparent that the shaft ld will be rotated a distance dependent upon `the throw of the rack 50. For the purpose of restoring the shaft and rack to initialposition after such operation of the rack, the shaft 52 is provided with a sheave or drum 56 to which there is attached a suitable rope 57 which extends over a vertical vsheave 58 and is connected to a counterweight 59, the counterweight in turn resting upon the spring` 50 which yieldingly limits the return Inovement of the rack and sha-ft. .The counterweight is slida'bly supported on rods 59, and these rods extend through the spring 60 and carry the abutment 69a for the lower The shaft 44: is provided at its lower end with a double hookl 445 whichdouble hook is adapted to receive the T-shaped handle at the top of the-bucketsuspending rod.

The 'furnace .charging device which is shown as carried by the trolley is a bucket of usual construction and comprises a hollow cylindrical body 61 (see Fig. 12) having an invertedv frusto-conical bottom 62l which is adapted to be closed by a conical valve 63 suspended by a vertical rod 64; havingthe T-shaped handle 65 referred to hereinb-efore, and which handle is engaged by the double hook 44 (see Figsv 2 and12). Reference has been made to the mechanism which coperaties with the rack and pinion. and the gear on the bucket shaft i4 to selectively rotate this shaft prior to dumping the bucket. This mechanism carried by' the bridge adjacent to and beyond the upwardly deflected ends 19b of the rails 19 and is constructed as follows,see particularly Figs. 2, 8, 9, 10 l1: 66 denotes a disk carri-ed lby a horizontally arranged shaft 57 the shaft being supported by a frame 68 which is suspended by links 69 from any convenient portion of the bridge. Between the end of this frame and a suitable abutment rail 70 are interposed a plurality of springs 68, which serve as shock absorbers or buffers and yieldingly resist the impact of the trolv 1 geai 66 the rack.

ley against the disk carrying frame.' The disk'is' provided on its rear'face with a bevel meshing with a pinion 170 which is mounted onffa shaft journaled in the frame 68, the shaft being rindicated at 71. The disk is provided with a plurality'of vertically extending segmental vfaces 65", these faces being indifferent vertical planes and the distance between said planes being preferably 'equidistant In the embodiment shown herein, the diskis provided with six such faces of equi-angular extent. `The trol,- ley is provided with a pair of arnis`72 which are spaced apart so as to straddle the disk v66 andabut against the swinging frame 68 `to prevent inaccuracy in the throw of the rack by its impi-ngement against the disk 65 as well as' to arrest the movement of the trolley.

outwardly thereby to enable the hook toengage Vthe rear surface of said curi-ed arm when moved to initial position. The latch `is provided with an anti-friction roller 75 for the purpose of so engaging the curved arm and is brought 'back to and retained Vin its arm-engaging position byineans of a spring 7 8 mounted upon a pin 79 which carried by the latch arm, the spring engaging a disk 8O on said pin and a fixed portion of the trolley, indicated at 81.' The pivotal connection between the latch arm and the trolley is shown at 82.: 83 denotes a lever arm which proiects from the shaft 7l and is provided with a weight 84C, and 85', a third arm projectingl from this shaft. The end of the arm S5 is adapted to engage the nose Sii of a weighted arm lordog which is pivotally supported by the swinging frame. Vith the parts constructed as described, the rotation of the bucket shaft will be accomplished as follows: The end of the rack 50 will engage one of the ysegmental faces 66" as-the trolley approaches its final position above the furnace. This will result' in thrusting the rack forwardly until'the arms 72 engage the swinging frame, thereby rotating the shaftld, through the gear 5l and the pinions 43 and 55. .Fhe projection of the arms 72 is such that they' will abut against the swinging frame which carries the disk 66when the rack has'been thrust the required distance by the particular disk.` face engagech relieving the rack and the connected parts of the force of the blow and preventing inaccuracy in the throw of This movement of the rack will rotate the shaft Ll-t a distance dependent upon the particular segmental disk face en- Vll() gaged thereby. The bucket may then be lowered, by mechanism kto be described hereinafter, to its seat on top of vthe furnace V(see Fig. 2) and 'the bucketmay be dumped by lowering the rod or shaft 44,-

Vby mechanisml also to be described hereinhave engaged the curved arm 73.

after. Meanwhile the latch hook 74 will As the trolley is returned to the inclined portion of the'track, its movement away from the furnace causes the hook to rotate the curved arm 73 until the weight 84 passes the upper center, whereuponV this weight operates to complete the revolution of the shaft 71. The end of the arm 85 strikes the projecting nose 86 of the dog 87, swings past the same and, as the weighted arm 83 tends to swing it downwardly, it is caught by the nose 86 and the parts are retained in position for the next excursion of the trolley.

The pinion 170 and gear 66 are so proportioned that the revolutionof the shaft 71, thus accomplished, will advance the disk an angular distance equal to the angular extent of one of its segmental faces. Assuming that there areV six segments to the disk the rod 44 will be given a rotary movement for every excursion of the trolley which is a niultipleof sixty degrees, whereby the heavier lumps vof material in the bucket will be directed. around corresponding sixty-degree segments of the hopper 5. The counterweight 59, rope 57 and sheave 56 serve to return the rack 50 and the shaft 44 to a predetermined initial position aftersuch actuation of the shaft by the disk, whereby the parts will be setfor the next selective rotation of the shaft by the appropriate disk segment.

A bumper` is Vprovided for the bucket which is shown particularly in F ig. 2 the bumper comprising a curved horizontally y arranged saddle 88 which is suspended -froni the bridge by means of a pair of links 89. Rods 90 arev connected to the ends of the saddle and extend forwardly through guides 91 carried by the bridge, the endsr `of the rods being provided with compression springs 92 which serve to absorb the shock imparted to the saddle by the impact of the bucket thereagainst.

It is important to the efficient operation of my mechanism that the inclination of the trolley should be the same when above the furnace as when ascending and descending the bridge. This result is obtainedk and the use of unnecessary head room is avoided by extending the track sections 18a and 19a in a substantially horizontal direction above the furnace. InV order to return the trolley quickly from the horizontal portions of these tracks to the sharply inclined portions thereof, I provide a counterweight 93, which is conveniently carried by a small truck 94. This truck is mountedgon a track 95 near the" lower end of the bridge, which track at its upper portion extends substantially parallel to the inclined portion of the bridge but which is substantially horizontal at its lower portion. Above the lower curvedportion o1".

the sheave 99 and being connected to a hook (see Figs. 2 and 13) the shank of which is shown at 100. The hook comprises two branches 101, 102, the first branch'extending upwardly and the other downwardly. The branch 101 engages a suitable cross bar 103 carried by the bridge until such time as 104 carried by the front end -of the trolley. The hook is so supported by thebranch 101 and the bar 103 that its other branch 102 will be engaged by the trolley cross bar Just before the trolley passes onto the horizontal portions 18a and 19zL of the trolley rails. The movement of the trolley along vthese horizontal portions of the rails elevates the truck 94 and the counterweight thereon, and this weight, when the bucket has been dumped, operates to return the trolley quickly to the inclined portion of the track, where thek upper branch of the hook is engaged by the suitable cross bar Von the bridge and the hook and the attached counterweight' are in position to operate upon the next return trip of the trolley.

Reference has been made hereinbefore to the sheaves 31 and 34 upon the trolley and to their coperating in raising and lowering the bucket shaft 44.V Thisaction will be explained now in connection with Figs. 1, 2,

and 14. Two cables or falls 125 are each fastened at one end to, any suitable fixed portion of the trolley. These cables extend around the lower sides of the sheayes 34 and over the sheaves 31, thence around ya pair of sheaves 126 at the upper end of the bridge,' over sheaves 126L near the top of the inclined part of the bridge, thence Y around the sheaves 127 below the drum 128 in the hoisting station 129, being secured .at their lower ends to said drum. The

sheaves 127l are attached by suitable ropes or cables 130, extending over pulleys 131, to an equalizer 132, which equalizer is pivotally connected to a. piston rod 133 having at its lower end a counterweight 134 for the` '85 the branch 102 is engaged by a cross barV ilo beslaokod away .to lower the. .bucket toits. seat upon the .furnace bolowtlio hopper and permit thebucket Vfdlyeto benopened,

For. the :purpose ot hoisting rlowering tho trolley, a pair; of oablosor falls 1,35 are connected to equalizer 137 pivotedvto a;

bar which is connected to a. crossbar 139 carried by the trolley (see Fig. 8),

These tallo or cables 136 extend.I around a inthe appropriato dirootiomtboftaolloy willV beholsted alongtrho .sharply inclined; por' tion, ofthe bridge. .I ust before it reaches the horizontal-extensionsd'8, 1.9.-=of.- tho rails., the trolley-picks np tho oounterweght 9,3, through v.the Vengagernent of the ,hook 102 with. the cross, bar 1 04. The rack 50 engages the byl a shonrn'herein andvvith the exception to be noted horeinator, Will boSomo nndtplo oi .sixty degrees.

' The first operating face Will.- rotatey the bucketv rod `si-Xty sition. by

begins its return trip to the hoisting staf tion; the next operating disk yface .will `rotate the rod .120 degrees, -Witfh a similar returnv to initial position by the counterweight; the next three vfaces kvv-il-lrotate the rod a distance of: i800, 240", and-390?, respectively. T he sixth "tace of' the disk may and preferably will be set backy so far as not toengage the lack-before the bumperplates). engage the swinging vtrarne ,6.8, With the `resultthat the..bncket yshaft -Willnot be rotated atall,

but the bucket Will' be dumped from the 360 (or Op) position.. `After the bucket` shaft has been rotated by .the appropriato segmental face the pistonv rod'lBB-.by pressure -fluid `.introduced .into the cylinder, and the bucket seated-upon, and its contents dumped into,

theicharging bell or hopper 5. The bucket valve` is closed and the bucket raised from its. seatr bythe counterweight by allowln g1 the pressure. uid in the l cylinder k:to escape, .the

rotated `in the reverse, orv

hoisting fdrurnY is lowering direction, the countertitelght` 93 asgisting to move the trolley from thehorizonf.

line with the sheaves 126,V

`to tho. dftnn.

particular segmental face of the. Ydisk 66 which is inoperative relation thoroto` and the bncket shaft 441 fisrotate'd there?,

distance `Which, in the embodiment dogrooo, :tbothe bucket being. rotated v back/co initial pov the counterweight 5 9 aiter it has been dumped and elevated and thertrolley of thedisk :66, 'the bucket Y.

may be lowered through .thefoperation of f combination, with a '-furnace,. of

`the furnace topv adap ing .moans fonooooowoly during anemona sa tol. nortonotthotraok to tho .nolinod Por: tion thereof. This 'retrogrado movement ot the trolley, through the ongogornontot the hook-74C with. thecurved arin 7 3, iinpzytrtselv rotarymovomont tothe disk. sutloiont to@ bling .tho noxtsoefnontal foto in.. operativo relation tothe. roo-.k 50v .AS the trolloyido-j ooond's tho niolnod` portion of. thoJtroCbtbo upperbranch t' the hook attached. tothe oountorwoiglit 93 is. Caught by. Vits appropriato. non bei ontho bridge, andtbotnolloy is relieved` of, said counterweight, Thonon quito, thoob'oot boing to. Very angularlytlio position o-. vtho bnokot.- with .respect .to itsv Seat on top of `tho ohargngboll. dmingtlio dloront excursions. 'of the trolley ...By .tho Construction Snoofioally shown heroin., Snoh variation amounts to oOgbotwoon. suecos/sino.

tIPS and, by di-is. arangolnont, thohoorior. f material" will bo ,distributed e-.venlyin tho Charging bell oli-horror. 5, with like equal distribution in vthoY f-nrnooofpropor-f Suspended :from ,the bridge beneath tho trolley isnr @hote 14.3 which, in. .tho event. of the accidental dioohotgo of. the "bucket load. orlof any partthereof, Will carry such matter to the beso of tho bridge, near loading station. f Having thusdescrlbcd Iny invention, `v vhjat Iolaiin isi- 1;. In a .furnace chargingy apparatus, @1.6.1105,

combination, with a furnace, o iiga charging. device for said nrnacd'a icarrierior said device, means for moving saidfcarrierto; A Ward and from the nrnace top, a rack and pinion on said carrier yadapted tofrotate' the 110.

said charging device, means 'on said carrier tending to hold the rack and pinion in a predeternjiined position, and a seri es of-abutf ments adapted tol engage the `rack succes- .5 sively `during successive vtrips tothe furnace and tol n lovo,` Said raokwrying distances, said abntmonts boing' arranged; so asto engagethe rack at the endof `a 11.11.0Vement ofI the carriertoward the furnace.

2. In a, lfurnace charging apparatus, the ,129l

a charging device for` said furnace, a carrier. forsaid device, rneans .for lInoving said carrier {go- Ward ,and roxn'tho furnace top, moons on said oarrieradapted to4 rotatothofoaid. oharg-4 11.2.5.

ing device, means on Said Koerrlor;tondlzug towhold the rotating means'fin a predetorand a-series. offabntmen at' mined position,

ted to engage the .1i

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trips oftliecarrier to the furnace 4and to move said rotating means varying distances, said abutments being arranged so as to engagel the rotating means at the end of a `movement of the carrier toward the furnace.

VVVrack a distance which varies with successive trips of the carrier.

4. In a furnace charging apparatus, the combination, with 'a furnace, of a'charging device, means movable With saidvdevice and adapted to rotate the same, means tending to hold the rotating means in a predetermined or initial position, and means at the furnace top adapted to engage tliel rotating` 4meansl at the'end of the movement of the charging device tovvardthe furnace and to rotate the same a distance which variesivith. successive tripsl thereof, said` rotating Vmeans being released at the beginning of the down- Ward -j ourney and brought back to the initial position by the holding means. l

5. In affurnace charging apparatus, th

combination, with a furnace, of a charging Vdevice for 'the furnace, a carrier therefor, a rack kand pinion on said carrieradapted vto yrotate thecharging device, a shaft, a plurality of angularly and longitudinally spaced abutments on said shaft adapted to be engaged by thelrack when the carrier ap- Y proaches the furnace, and means for automatically rotating the said shaft to bring successive abutments in operative relation to the' rack, and means for operating the rack and pinion in a reverse direction fromY that imparted bysaid abutments. 6. In a'furnace charging apparatus, th combination, with a furnace, of va charging device,a carrier therefor, means on said carrier adapted to rotate the charging device, a shaft, a plurality kof angularly and longitu-v dinally spaced abutments on said shaft adapted to be engaged by rotating means When Vthe carrierapproaches the furnace,

and mea-ns for automaticallyrotating the said shaft to bring successive abutments in operative relation to the rotating means.v

In a furnace lcharging apparatus, the -V combination, with a furnace, of a charging device therefor, a carrier for said device, a

. rack andv pinion onV said carrier adapted to` rotate the charging device, means tending to maintain thecharging device in an initial Ami or predetermined position, a series of longitudinally spacedy abutments adapted to be engaged bv saidrack When the-carrier ap- -Proaehas' furnace charging position, Vand l' means operated by the said carrier for bring` ing the vsaid abutments successively in operative relation to said rack. l c

8. In a furnace charging apparatus, the combination Witha furnace, of a charging device therefor, a carrierV for said device, rotating means on said carrier adapted to rotate the charging device, fmeans tending to maintain the charging device in an initial or predetermined position, a series of longi-` tudinally spaced abutments adapted to be engaged by saidrotating means .when the carrier approaches furnace charging position, and means operated by the said carrier for bringing the said abutments successively in operative relation to said rotating means. 9. In a Vfurnace charging apparatus,`the combination, with a furnace, of a-charging device therefor, a carrier for said device, a plurality of actuating devices adapted and arranged to rotate the charging device through different angular distances, means arranged and adapted to so rotate the charging device'vvhen the carrier is at substantially furnace'charging position, and means controlled by the Ymovement ofthe carrier Y avvay from the furnace for-bringing dilferent actuating devices into operative relation to the charging devices. y Y

10. Ina furnace charging apparatus, theY combination, with a furnace, of VVa charging device therefor, a carrier for said device,

means for moving the carrier toward Aand from the furnace, means including aV rack and pinion mounted on the carrier for rotating the charging device, means von the carrier tending to `return said Y rackV and' pinion to an initial or predeter-` mined position, a shaft having thereon a plurality of aiigularly and longitudinally spaced abutineiits adapted to be engaged by thev rack when the carrier is at substantially furnace charging position, and means controlled bythe movement of the carrier away from furnace'charging position for rotating said shaft a distance equal to the angular extent of each of said abutnients. Y l1. In a furnace cliargingapparatus, the

combination, With a furnace, ofa charging device therefor, a carrier'V for said device,y Ameans for moving the carrier toward and Y from the furnace, means mounted'on the means on the carrier. tending to Vreturn the charging device to anv initial Voiiiiredetei-,V mined `position,a shaft having thereon a plurality of angularly and longitudinally spaced abutments' adapted'tobe engaged by Vcarrier for rotating the chargingv device,y

the rotating means when. the carrier is at Y substantially furnace charging position, and

means Vcontrolled by the Vmovement of the carrier away from furnace charging position for rotating said shaft a distance equal vto the angular extent of each of saidlabntments.

'12. In a furnacelcliargingapparatus, the combination, vwith -a furnace, of achargmg device therefor, a cari'ier for `said device,

means for moving thef'cari'ie'iytoward and froni'the furnace, means includinga racl and 'pinion mounted on the' carrier for rotating the charging device, `means on the carrier teiiding to return `said rack and pinion to an initial 'or predetermined position,l a shaft iaving :thereon a plurality of angularlyand longitudinally spaced abut'-v i'nents'adapted to be engaged by the rack, a gear carried by said shaft, a pinion meshing with said gear, a shaft for said pinion, and means controlled by the movement of the carrier aivay from the abutments for iinparting a 'i'otation'to the second shaft.

13. In a furnace charging apparatus, 'the combination, with a furnace, of a charging device therefor, Vmeans vfor moving the de vi-ce toward and from the furnace, means including a projection for rotating the charging device, means' ytending to return said'A device to `an initial or predetermined position, a shaft having thereon a' plurality of angulfarl'y and longitudinally spaced abutments adapted to be engaged by'the proj ec tion,` a gear carried by said shaft, a pinion.

meshing with said gear, a shaft for said pinion, and means cont v and longitudinally spaced abutments adapted Vto be en 'a edbv the rack aveai' on said shaft g a b, n

meshing With said gear, a shaft a' pinion said pinion and a curved arm proectionfrom the last mentioned shaft, a lweighted arm projecting from said lastmentioned shaft, and a pivoted latchon the carrier adapted to engage` the curved arm and thereby impart a rotary movement `to the last mentioned shaft When the carrier moves away from saidabutments.

l5. In a furnace charging apparatus, the.

combination, with a furnace, of a Vcharging' device therefor, means for moving the charging device toward and from the fui'- nace, means includingv a projection for ro tz'itingy the charging device, means tending to return said charging device to an initial or predetermined position, a lshaft having thereon a Vplurality of vangularly and longitudinally spa-cod abutineiits adapted to be engaged by the projection Wheny the charg- 'o lled by the move ment of the charging device away from the the l` jacent to said bell or hop] Agage ing device approaches the'said abutments, a gear" on said shaft, a pinion meshing with said gear, a shaft carrying said pinion andV a curved arm projecting from the last mentioned shaft, a Weighted arm projecting ing the Ifurnacecharginf device, a yielding support adjacent to the top of the furnace, an abutment cari'ied thereby adapted to engage `the said rotating means, and one or more projections extending fronithe lcarrier and adaptedftoengage said support to limit the movement of. the rotating means by the.' abutment. f Y Y y f 17. Ina furnace charging apparatus, the combinatioin'ivith a furnace, of a charging device therefor, a carrier for said` device, meansV foi moving the'carriei" toward and from the-furnace ton a framey ad'acent tol' the top of the furnace,`ineans including a' movable projection on the carrier for i'otat-V ing the charging device, an abutmenton said frame adapted to "engage said projection,

and one or more projections on the carrier v adapted to engage the frame after the engagement of the first projection bythe abut'- mentu i' 'Y 18. In a furnace charging apparatuath'e combination, ivitha furnace having a charging bell or hopper, of ak furnace charging device, mcans formoving the'same toward andl from the furnace bell oi' hopper, and a swinging spring supported abutment adl y the furnace charging' device substan tially' when the `latter isili operative rela-` tion to -thecharging bell" or hopper, said abutment beingsuspended for movement substantially` in, a horizontal plane and bein@Vr opposed in this movement by buffer springs.

19.'In a combinationof 'av furnace charging device, a cableA eXtending from the said device, a hoisting driimto which said cable-is .,con nected, a movlable sheave interposed Abe tween said `device and the hoisting drum and around Which the cable extends, a counterweight for the charging device connected `to thesheave, and power operated means ier adapted to enfurnace chargingv apparatus, the

combination of a furnace charging device,

a pair offcables yextending from the said device, aV hoisting drum to wh-ich said cables are connected, a pair of movable sheavesl interposed between the charging device and the hoisting drum and around which the cables extend, an equalizer connected to said sheaves, a counter-weight for the charging device connectedto the equalizer, and power operated means for moving said countersheaves and the drum.

lower the cross head.

22. In anapparatus of the character set forth, the combinationof a trolley, avertically movable crosshead carried thereby, sheaves. mounted on said cross head, cables connected to the trolle around said sheaves, a oisting drum to which said cables are connected, a furnace charging device supportedy from said cross head, and means, operating upon the cables between the sheaves and the drinn, vfor, varyingthe effective length thereof to raise and 23. In a furnace charging apparatus, the combination, with a-trolley, of a vertically reciprocable cross head carried lby the trolfrom said cross head, cables connected to the cross head, a drum to which said cables are attached, and means engaging said cables, betweenvthe cross head' and the drum, for

varying the effective lengths thereof.

24. In an apparatus of the character described, thecombination, Vwith al trolley, of a vertically reciprocable crosshead carried by ysaid trolley, a Vfurnace charging device suspended from said cross head, a hoisting drum, a cable extending from said cross head to said drum, a cable connected to the trolley Vand 4to said drum, a furnace charging device suspended from vsaid cross head,

and power-operated means engaging theV and extending ley, a furnace chargingV device suspended`v tending through the Vcross head,VV a sleeve carried by the trolley and through which said shaft extends and provided with a pinion, said shaft being reciprocable lin said sleeve andA keyed thereto, a second sleeve surrounding the lirst` mentioned' sleeve, means for moving said trolley, means controlled by the movement of the trolley for operating said pinion in reverse directions, and means connected withY the cross head for raising and'loweiing the same.

26. In an apparatus ofthe character set forth, the combination, with a furnace, of an inclinedbridge extending above the .top of the furnace, a supporting cross frame arranged centrally of the furnace top and under which the upper end of the bridge ,Y

isv hung, means pivotally connectingjsaid' framewith theh furnace top, furnace charging mechanism mounted on said bridge, vand means for moving the same Valong the bridge. Y v

27. In an apparatus of the character set` forth, the combination, with a furnace," of a platform at the upper end'of said furnace, an inverted U-shaped frame arranged. centrally ofthe furnace top and having its lower end pivotally supported by theplatform, and an inclined bridge having its upper end suspended within said frame. e

28,. In an-apparatus of. the character 'set forth, the combination, with a furnace, Vof a platform'at the upper end of the furnace,

Van inverted U- shaped frame-pivotally con-V nected to said platform, an upwardly inv clined bridge extending above said platform, and links-pivotally supporting the` e Y upper en d ofsaid bridge from saidrframe. In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my lsignature in the presence ,of two witnesses.

JAMES w. Fanzine.

Witnesses: n v I J. F. POLAND, Y BRENNAN B. WEST. Y 

